What is a decent weight for a 6'3" male?

I think it depends entirely on your body type. If you can, I would ask a doctor or a physical trainer at a gym near you. My boyfriend is almost 6' 1" and he's 160ish, but he's practically scrawny. I think around 200 would be fairly healthy, though without seeing you I can't really say.

280 Lbs at 5% body fat is ideal. U WILL BE SHREDDED AS FUAAAAAAARRRRRK

I don't think BMI for taller people works very well either. I'm 6'3" and currently 240, which is the line between obese and overweight. I'm shooting for 225. I can't imagine being under 200, which is where BMI ends the "normal" range.

The BMI is only relevant for populations, not individuals. It is a decent guide for someone who has 'average' muscle mass but is no for people with anything more than decent muscle mass or who does not fit into other 'average' parameters. I only left the overweight category a couple of pounds ago.

Use BF% as a guide.

The BMI says I'm overweight if I'm more than 200 pounds.

I trust the judgment of you guys more.:bigsmile:

I'm 6'3" and started at 270 lbs. My goal was to get to a weight within my healthy BMI range. I reached the exact center of that range at 180 lbs. However, people thought I looked skinny instead of fabulous (some asked "are you sick"?) because I reached my goal with no strength training. I changed goals to be more mirror-oriented and starting building muscle mass by working out and adding more protein to the mix WHILE still eating at a calorie deficit to continue burning fat.

Now I weigh 185 and am not nervous about that number or my BMI. The mirror is my scale.

People on these forums and the ones at bodybuilding.com are always bashing BMI. Hey take it easy... sure it's just an average indicator and of course it's imperfect. But it's useful as a "rule of thumb" and for most people it's a good starting place for determining whether you are in a healthy range.

BMI doesn't indicate anything for a guy like Arnold Schwarzenegger. He's 6"2' and weighs about 230 lbs, which would make him "overweight". But we all know that's ridiculous. Still you have to be honest with you -- and if you are an average guy then being overweight according to BMI should be a red flag.

BMI is stupid, I am 5' 11" and it puts me in the overweight category...200 is fine for a 6'3" male...lift heavy.

Meow!

Disregard BMI. It was never intended to be used as a tool for individuals - it was for comparisons across populations.

IMO, you're at the right weight when you're at a reasonable bodyfat percentage and happy with what you see in the mirror. BMI doesn't even take BF% into consideration. According to BMI, you'd be "Healthy" at 6'3", 150 lbs. and 30% BF - but you'd be "Overweight" at 6'3", 205 lbs. and 12% BF. Guess which one would actually be healthier and look better.

^^THIS!! I'm 6'4", SW/HW was 296# (as recent as May 2012) and today I'm floating in the low 250's. The border between overweight and obese for my height is 246#, so my stage 3 goal is 240# to allow 6# wiggle room. 204# (top end of "normal" range) ain't gonna cut it on my body frame.
I don't obsess over BMI, but I would like to be officially out of its obese range. Once I get there, the focus shifts away from scale to the mirror and the BMI chart can go F-itself.

200 sound fabulous to me. I don't worry about the BMI charts. No one is built exactly the same.

No one size fits all IMO.

Nobody can tell you what weight you should be. Most people are clueless about their own appropriate goal weights. There are smaller framed men of your height that look good under 170lbs, and larger framed guys, with muscle mass, who look great at 220lbs.

Whatever weight you look in the mirror and don't look like a fat *kitten* is where your weight should be.

The BMI says I'm overweight if I'm more than 200 pounds.

I trust the judgment of you guys more.:bigsmile:

Here's 6'3", 165 lbs. He's an elite athlete, one of the fastest people on the planet. Unless you're very fit, yeah, you're probably overweight at 200 lbs.